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Man who calls women "females" hopes to one day be allowed within 500 meters of one (chaser.com.au)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Nero@sopuli.xyz to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

a real alpha man like me

ICING ON TOP.

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Some of the guys I know seem to use it because they think it's a more PC way of saying it. One of them is married with kids who he has a good relationship with.

[–] CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Ok I will totally admit that, especially when during DEI discussions or other similar meetings, when my brain is about to say "woman" I can freak out and over-correct and I have absolutely said "females".

I used to say "boys and girls", even my female wife says "girls" is fine, but 1 time in 2009 I got yelled at for using "girls" and I have never recovered.

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I say females and am one. Title has me wondering if it's from hearing it so frequently.

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